1.  What is Charlie Hebdo?

2.  a) Define satire.
b)  What was Charlie Hebdo satirizing in the issue that came out the day the offices were destroyed by a fire bomb?

3.  a) What religious denomination does Charlie Hebdo usually satirize?
b)  How does this group respond to ridicule or offensive depictions by non-believers?

4.  a) How are French officials responding to the bombing of the newspaper office in Paris?
b)  Do you think their reaction is appropriate/adequate?

5.  a)  How have some French Muslim leaders responded to the attack on the newspaper office, believed by most to have been committed by Islamists?
b)  Do you think their reaction is appropriate/adequate?

6.  Watch editor Stephane Charbonnier's interview under "Resources" below the questions.  What do you think of his response to the bombing of his offices?  Is he foolish, naive, brave, offensive, etc?  (TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH VIDEO.  CANNOT BE VIEWED.  ANSWER THIS QUESTION BASED ON MR. CHARBONNIER'S COMMENTS IN THE ARTICLE)